Welcome to the listening, a podcast born from the minds of musical obsessives. A form of aural autism or acoustic ADD for the twenty first century, where the emphasis is on music over hype. As cliched as it seems the aim is to provide a blank canvas for the contributors to paint with whichever musical tone they see fit. Be those tones the blues, hip-hop, soul, rock, jazz or psychedelia the groove and passion will link them all.

What makes The Listening so unique is the very different musical personalities of its contributors - no two podcasts will sound even remotely alike. If one particular edition is not to your taste, then download the next one as that one may well be up your street. Any feedback at all about what you hear would be very welcome, either through here or by joining our last.fm group here, http://www.last.fm/group/The+Listening%2C+Last.fm+Group

So, sit back, relax and start Listening...